Born in the 1950s - What we've read in 2016

1.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,069 ratings
2.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,450 ratings
3.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,161 ratings
4.
She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3)
She Walks These Hills (Ballad, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
5.
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4)
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 777,260 ratings
6.
The Girl on the Train
The Girl on the Train 3.96 avg rating — 3,202,325 ratings
7.
Blue Willow
Blue Willow 3.88 avg rating — 3,862 ratings
8.
Year of Wonders
Year of Wonders 4.01 avg rating — 171,867 ratings
9.
H is for Hawk
H is for Hawk 3.74 avg rating — 78,918 ratings
10.
A Little Thing Called Life: From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn & Songs in Between
A Little Thing Called Life: From Elvis's Graceland to Bruce Jenner's Caitlyn & Songs in Between 3.98 avg rating — 2,901 ratings
11.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,656 ratings
12.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,899 ratings
12.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,164 ratings
14.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating — 46,384 ratings
14.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,357 ratings
16.
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China 4.30 avg rating — 120,272 ratings
17.
The 33
The 33 3.92 avg rating — 11,838 ratings
18.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,779 ratings
19.
Bloodroot
Bloodroot 3.80 avg rating — 8,336 ratings
20.
The Wright Brothers
The Wright Brothers 4.17 avg rating — 96,940 ratings
21.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,125 ratings
22.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,967 ratings
23.
The Perilous Gard
The Perilous Gard 4.10 avg rating — 9,015 ratings
24.
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 18,092 ratings
25.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 579,947 ratings
26.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,758 ratings
27.
The Revenant
The Revenant 3.96 avg rating — 53,465 ratings
27.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,683 ratings
29.
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 4.16 avg rating — 612,692 ratings
30.
Circling the Sun
Circling the Sun 3.94 avg rating — 81,016 ratings
30.
Burial Rites
Burial Rites 4.04 avg rating — 120,995 ratings
32.
The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret
The Secret Rooms: A True Story of a Haunted Castle, a Plotting Duchess, and a Family Secret 3.45 avg rating — 5,714 ratings
33.
Catherine, Called Birdy
Catherine, Called Birdy 3.74 avg rating — 43,015 ratings
34.
Ladder of Years
Ladder of Years 3.73 avg rating — 19,190 ratings
35.
The Eight (The Eight, #1)
The Eight (The Eight, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,352 ratings
36.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,435 ratings
37.
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain 3.81 avg rating — 3,665 ratings
38.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,370 ratings
39.
Gods in Alabama
Gods in Alabama 3.86 avg rating — 23,926 ratings
39.
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Justin Morgan Had a Horse 4.05 avg rating — 9,234 ratings
41.
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1)
The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 72,704 ratings
42.
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3)
The Towers of Silence (The Raj Quartet, #3) 4.27 avg rating — 1,498 ratings
43.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,640 ratings
44.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,887 ratings
45.
The Weight of Blood
The Weight of Blood 3.76 avg rating — 23,021 ratings
46.
Albert Nobbs
Albert Nobbs 3.53 avg rating — 656 ratings
46.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,751 ratings
46.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,632 ratings
46.
A Hero of France (Night Soldiers, #14)
A Hero of France (Night Soldiers, #14) 3.73 avg rating — 6,233 ratings
46.
Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip
Dish: The Inside Story on the World of Gossip 3.43 avg rating — 704 ratings
46.
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating — 897,145 ratings
46.
Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman 3.31 avg rating — 286,805 ratings
53.
A Year at the Races
A Year at the Races 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
53.
The Great Birthright: An Oregon Novel
The Great Birthright: An Oregon Novel
by: Matt Love
4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
53.
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn
Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn 3.96 avg rating — 5,389 ratings
53.
Neverwhere
Neverwhere 4.16 avg rating — 555,433 ratings
53.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,677,227 ratings
53.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,629 ratings
59.
Where the Trains Turn
Where the Trains Turn 3.63 avg rating — 222 ratings
59.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,042 ratings
59.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia 3.82 avg rating — 23,502 ratings
59.
The Mongoliad: Book One (Foreworld, #1)
The Mongoliad: Book One (Foreworld, #1) 3.54 avg rating — 9,673 ratings
59.
On Care for Our Common Home: The Pope's New Encyclical Letter
On Care for Our Common Home: The Pope's New Encyclical Letter 4.24 avg rating — 3,831 ratings
64.
The Present Tense
The Present Tense 3.16 avg rating — 19 ratings
64.
Once Were Warriors
Once Were Warriors
by: Alan Duff
3.99 avg rating — 3,742 ratings
64.
Holy Orders (Quirke, #6)
Holy Orders (Quirke, #6) 3.78 avg rating — 2,618 ratings
64.
The Letter Writer
The Letter Writer 3.68 avg rating — 1,296 ratings
64.
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
by: Ron Hall
4.20 avg rating — 91,988 ratings
64.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death
Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death 4.12 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
70.
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane
Young Orson: The Years of Luck and Genius on the Path to Citizen Kane 4.12 avg rating — 134 ratings
70.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,837 ratings
70.
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2)
To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 43,397 ratings
70.
Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution
Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution 4.04 avg rating — 455 ratings
70.
Sinner
Sinner 3.49 avg rating — 630 ratings
70.
The Worldly Philosophers
The Worldly Philosophers 4.16 avg rating — 8,758 ratings
70.
Just Mercy
Just Mercy 4.63 avg rating — 254,476 ratings
77.
Tumanbay (Tumanbay, #1)
Tumanbay (Tumanbay, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings
77.
Flash Boys
Flash Boys 4.14 avg rating — 88,880 ratings
77.
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
by: Miep Gies
4.30 avg rating — 66,127 ratings
77.
Bones on Ice (Temperance Brennan, #17.5)
Bones on Ice (Temperance Brennan, #17.5) 4.05 avg rating — 6,958 ratings
77.
Every Crooked Path (The Bowers Files: The New York Years #1)
Every Crooked Path (The Bowers Files: The New York Years #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,198 ratings
77.
Red Moon at Sharpsburg
Red Moon at Sharpsburg 3.65 avg rating — 834 ratings
77.
Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating — 355,931 ratings
84.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,914 ratings
84.
Lullaby
Lullaby 3.74 avg rating — 102,487 ratings
84.
Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2)
Nightmare in Pink (Travis McGee, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 9,257 ratings
84.
Partials (Partials, #1)
Partials (Partials, #1)
by: Dan Wells
3.93 avg rating — 59,728 ratings
84.
Nothing But the Truth (Dismas Hardy, #6)
Nothing But the Truth (Dismas Hardy, #6) 4.01 avg rating — 3,544 ratings
89.
Century of British Cooking
Century of British Cooking 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
89.
An Ordinary Spy
An Ordinary Spy 3.75 avg rating — 284 ratings
89.
Hour Game (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #2)
Hour Game (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 54,194 ratings
89.
The Killing Lessons (Valerie Hart, #1)
The Killing Lessons (Valerie Hart, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 10,865 ratings
89.
Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #4)
Legacy of the Dead (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #4) 4.17 avg rating — 7,419 ratings
89.
The Lions of Al-Rassan
The Lions of Al-Rassan 4.30 avg rating — 25,407 ratings
89.
Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl 3.40 avg rating — 2,077 ratings
96.
A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1)
A Question of Upbringing (A Dance to the Music of Time, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 4,809 ratings
96.
Potiki
Potiki 3.88 avg rating — 2,373 ratings
96.
The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone, #10)
The Patriot Threat (Cotton Malone, #10) 3.97 avg rating — 11,582 ratings
96.
Reality Check
Reality Check 3.60 avg rating — 521 ratings
96.
The Buried Giant
The Buried Giant 3.59 avg rating — 117,625 ratings
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